From: Big Fish (Musical)

Fight the Dragonsfrom the musical Big Fish

by

ANDREW LIPPA

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Ive nev-er been a man who lived an of -

fice life. Ive nev-er been a man be - hind a desk.

Ive al-ways been a man who said that

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Music and Lyrics byANDREW LIPPA

from the musical Big FishFIGHT THE DRAGONS

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stay-in still is play-in dead, the kind whos look-in for - ward to the

chal-leng - es a -head. Peo - ple say thats ir - re -

spon - si - ble. Peo - ple tell me, Stay at

home. But Im not made for things like

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mow-in lawns or a - pron strings. Im my best when

not at rest. So I fight the drag -

- ons and I storm the cas - tles and I win a bat -

- tle or two. Then comes the day its time

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legato

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Im pack-in up and I am bring - ing all my sto -

ries home to you. All I can see is miles.

a - head with miles to go. All I can feel is

wind and sun and sky. Stop for a cof - fee,

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make a friend, and pray the day will nev - er end, cuz theres one more ad - ven -

- ture wait-in round an-oth - er bend where I fight the drag -

- ons and I storm the cas - tles and I win a bat -

- tle or two. But then a feel - ing comes,

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as before

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like fif - ty thou - sand drums all bang - ing, bring my sto -

ries home to you. And I won - der as I wan -

- der on the road from door to door, ex - act - ly what you think

of where Ive been. Do you know I joined the cir -

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Slower

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- cus, met a mer - maid, fought a war? Do you know I think of you

through thick and thin? Be-cause e-ven though Im

mak-ing deals and bring-in peo - ple joy, Im u - sually on - ly

think-ing of my boy. Out there on the road I pray

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rit.

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youll come to me one day

and say: Lets fight the drag-ons and then storm the cas - tles, til we

win what needs to be won. So when Im old

and tired youll do the job re - quired. Youll be there

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Freely Tempo I

Aggressive, accented

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tell - ing sto - ries to your son. Then we

fight the drag - ons and then storm the cast - les and I

do the best that I can. But ev - ry-bod -

- y knows thats how the sto - ry goes to turn each

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boy in - to a big - ger man.

So Ill fight the drag -

ons til you can.

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